Marriott International has agreed to pay $52 million and make changes to bolster its data security to resolve state and federal claims related to major data breaches that affected more than 300

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), attorneys general from 49 states, and the District of Columbia, confirmed having reached separate settlement agreements with the hotel giant on Wednesday.

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission said on Wednesday it will require Marriott International and its subsidiary Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide to put in place an information security program to settle charges over multiple data breaches from 2014 to 2020.

Marriott International's data security practices remain under scrutiny after multiple breaches affected hundreds of millions of customers.

Hotel group Marriott has agreed to pay a multimillion-dollar penalty and boost its security in two separate US data breach settlements.

The Hawai‘i Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs has announced that a group of 50 state attorneys general has reached a settlement with Marriott International, Inc.

"Marriott's poor security practices led to multiple breaches affecting hundreds of millions of customers," said Samuel Levine, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection.

Marriott International Inc. reached a $52 million agreement with 49 state attorneys general and the District of Columbia to settle complaints arising from a series of data breaches spanning four years and impacting over 344 million customers worldwide.

The hotel operator agreed to pay a penalty and implement enhanced data-security practices as part of separate settlements with the FTC and U.S. states related to data breaches that affected hundreds of millions of customers.

The agreement settles charges stemming from a trio of data breaches that compromised the personal information of more than 344 million customers.